Project Tornado presents...
Ace Combat S
The Third World War
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these series. If there is an original character, I'll let you know at the end of each chapter.
Though the world of ACS does not mimic the real world, it comes real close.
This is dedicated to my two closest friends that helped me create this. Once you read this, you know who you are.
Prologue
It all started in Antarctica, 1970, a large gateway opened up linking Earth and a distant planet called Fairy. A hostile race, known only as the JAM, attacked a nearby outpost, starting the long, drawn-out Fairy War. The Fairy Military, comprised of the Army and Air Force, stood on the frontline fighting the JAM with the most advanced weaponry ever conceived. However, back on Earth, it was "business as usual" with the public unaware of the unsung war that was going on.
For more than 4 decades after Antarctica, Earth was consumed with internal conflicts in East Asia, the Middle East, and the Balkans. Among these include Vietnam, Lebanon, the Persian Gulf, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan. Like Fairy, there were also a few wars that were kept under wraps for one reason or another. The Middle East, 1989, an air war pinned down the Israeli Air Force by Arab air forces led by a Royal Saudi Air Force F-20 unit known only as Tiger Force. It ended with an Israeli nuclear strike on the Tiger Force's main airbase. To prevent further escalation, both sides agreed to cease fighting and denied the incident.
2003, the Fairy was evacuated and the portal that linked the two planets was permanently closed, ending the 33-year war against the JAM. However, back at home, closed-door debate gets underway at the United Nations on the need for a unified military to combat outside aggression. Proponents of this measure include mainland Europe, Japan, most African nations, and Central America. However staunch opposition from the Middle East, Russia, China, and the United States of America with their allies prevented such as proposal time and again.
2008, the Emperor of Japan and his son was assassinated by nationalist radicals in the Japanese Self Defense Forces, led by extremist Prime Minister Atsuko Abe. Soon after, the Japan invaded Russia to gain control of the Siberian oil reserves. Russian forces, with American volunteers in F-22 Raptors, prevented the JSDF from gaining any more ground. Although nuclear weapons were considered, the situation was diffused before reaching the point of no return. Because word hardly gets out of Siberia, and the concern of stability in the Far East, the American, Russian, and Japanese governments denied such an incident existed.
At that same year stateside, another discovery would bring the debate on the UN Military into the limelight. Another gateway was opened, bringing members of another race to Earth. Their planet of origin: Mobius. A fast-paced Mobian by the name of Sonic Hedgehog was leading a fight against a madman by the name of Doctor Ivo Robotnik, AKA Eggman. His plans were foiled, and the Mobians returned back to their homeworld from another universe. It was until six years later that Mobius would be found again, this time in the same universe, and the same galaxy with Earth with the gate reopened. Although more and more nations decided to join in UN initiative, the U.S. and others still refused. That was until an incident that changed everything forever.
2013, another alien race, one of unknown origin, attacked civilian and military installations in the Middle East and the U.S. The government either didn't seem to know or didn't want the public to know of the origin of the aliens in question. However, this prompted America to jump in the bandwagon.
And so, on July 6, 2014, with a majority of the General Assembly, the United Nations Defense Pact was signed, forming the United Nations Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, the laws and the chain of command to enforce them. Their timing couldn't be any better or worse; it seemed like both at the same time.
2015, Middle East militaries, backed by major terrorist groups, overthrown most Middle East governments with the exception of Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Oman, and a few others. In South America, guerillas united to form the South American Revolutionary Front, or SARF. In East Asia, China invades Taiwan and North Korean ballistic missiles were shot down by UN air defense ships. The balloon went up; it was the start of the Third World War.
Meanwhile at Mobius, Eggman forms an alliance with the Dark Legion, creation the Dark Egg Legion. In response, the Mobian Confederation was created and its military arm, the Mobian Defense Forces, comprised of Air, Ground, and Maritime. As their Great War II kicked off, Mobian forces had their backs to the wall, and pushing further back to New Mobotropolis, capital of the Acorn Kingdom, and Station Square, home of Mobian Confederation HQ. Worse yet, the Legion took advantage of the situation on Earth by copying some of Earth's most advanced weaponry, taking some for itself, and exporting the rest to the enemy. As a result, the problems on Earth and Mobius became intertwined, making this an interplanetary conflict that could mean the lives of billions on both planets.
2016...Now...
Author's notes: Expect more series to be put in. Also, expect any and all kinds of twists and turns later on.
Series put in: Yukikaze, Warriors(Novel), Fortunes of War(Novel), Sonic X